Question

One of these animals named after Mocha Island appears in a J.N. Reynolds article published in The Knickerbocker magazine. These animals are classified into “Folio,” “Octavo,” and “Duodecimo” (10[1])types by a character who feels a “damp, drizzly November in his soul” before staying at the Spouter Inn. (10[1])After one of these animals bites off a man’s leg, he uses a (10[1])prosthetic made of these animals’ bones. (10[1])A character yells (10[1])“from hell’s heart, I stab at thee” after a white one of these animals destroys (10[1])his ship, the Pequod. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what type of animal is pursued by Ishmael and Captain Ahab in Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick? ■END■

ANSWER: whales [prompt on cetaceans; prompt on Moby-Dick or Mocha Dick before mention with “what kind of animal was he?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Leonard Castine (DII)Penn B (DII)Princeton A (UG)2710
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Bard A (UG)4610
Xavier Bomhorst (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU B5910
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland B (DII)Fordham A6510
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Penn A (DII)6810
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BColumbia B8310
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Lehigh B (DII)8710
Arthur Zhang (DII)NYU A (UG)Rowan A (DII)9010

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%77.44
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%68.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%67.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1191%0%9%66.60
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%77.11
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%76.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%65.63